Trost high school, 12:34 p.m., Less than 12 hours to outbreak.

"Armin hurry up, if we're late again Mikasa will kill us both," Eren said from the door of their classroom.

"If I don't copy these notes right our teacher will kill me," Armin stated from his desk. There was no way he was moving until every note was copied. Eren sighed and walked over to the blonde boy. He peered over his shoulder at the notes Armin was copying and saw that he was almost done. Knowing how stubborn he was when it came to school work, Eren pulled a chair over and waited for Armin to finish.

"All done," Armin stated as he slid his notebook into his bag.

"Good, now let's get out of here before Mikasa comes looking for us."

12:47 p.m.

"Are you going to the dance tonight?" Mikasa asked Eren and Armin as they made their way to the cafeteria. All of Trost HS had been buzzing about the upcoming dance and frankly Armin was getting quite sick of it. He couldn't ask the one he wanted to go to the dance with to go with him thus he was put into a fairly foul mood.

"I don't know, I might," Eren said with a shrug "Are you?"

"Only if you and Mikasa are going, I don't really feel like standing alone in the back of the gym for the night," Armin mumbled. Eren glanced over at Mikasa and she noded her head, a silent gesture to choose for himself as it didn't matter to her.

"We should go, it'll be fun," Eren said turning back to his blonde friend. Armin mulled it over in his head. At least if he went he could see his crush instead of pathetically pining for them at home. He nodded.

"Yeah, okay. I'll go with you guys," Armin said. Eren smiled as they sat at their usual table. Jean, Marco, Connie and Sasha were already there and eating. Eren laughed as Jean didn't even attempt to hide the fact that he was staring at Marco.

"Gaaaaaaay!" He said in a sing-song voice. Connie and Sasha snickered and Jean snapped out of his daze.

"Shut it Jaeger," Jean said as he glared at Eren.

"Well if you would stop ogling your boyfriend I wouldn't have to do things like that," Eren shot back with a smirk. Jean blushed as his glare intensified. Marco giggled and laced his fingers through Jean's. Armin felt a small burst of jealousy, he wished he could hold the hand of his crush like Marco could. If only he felt the way Armin did, he probably wasn't even gay. Nevertheless, Armin couldn't help but stare whenever he walked by.

"Armin? Dude wake up," Connie said as Sasha snapped her fingers in front of his face. Armin blinked rapidly as he came back from his daydream. Everyone was looking at him expectantly.

"Sorry, what?" Armin asked Connie. The latter laughed and rolled his eyes before repeating the question.

"Do you know where Thomas is?"

"Oh! In fact I do. He got sick from some restaurant he went to last night so he stayed home today," Armin explained. Ymir and Krista walked over and sat in their usual seats between Eren and Jean.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Ymir said as she hung her arm on the back of Krista's chair.

"Nothing much, we're just talking about Thomas. According to Armin he got sick from something he ate," Connie answered.

"I hope he can still come to the dance, I know how much he was looking forward to it," Krista said.

"He said it wasn't too bad when we talked, he'll probably be able to come," Armin said with a smile. It was hard not to smile when Krista was there. Mindless chatter ensued after that along with Sasha trying repeatedly to steal assorted people's food.

Trost High School, 6:13 pm, 5 minutes to outbreak.

Armin, Eren and Mikasa stood in the back talking and watching their friends dance. Armin watched Jean and Marco dance together and couldn't help but feel that same twinge of jealousy he had felt at lunch. He sighed and turned his attention back to Mikasa and Eren.

"Man, am I hungry," Eren said as he placed his hand over his stomach. Mikasa sighed and rolled her eyes, "I told you to eat something before we left the house."

Armin pulled a granola bar out of his messenger bag and handed it to Eren "Here, eat this."

"Do you always keep food in your bag Armin?" Eren asked as he fought with the wrapper. Armin nodded with a smile. Most people mocked Armin for his bag but his friends had found it came in handy very often. Krista walked over to their little group followed closely by Ymir.

"Hey, Ymir. Hey, Krista. You look nice tonight," Eren greeted the girls with a smile. Armin smiled and Mikasa nodded.

"Thank you," Krista smiled widely. "Armin, do you know if Thomas is coming tonight?"

"I'm afraid I don't. He didn't text back when I asked. Sorry," Armin said. He pulled out his phone to check for a notification but there wasn't one. Krista smiled again, "You don't need to apologize, there's nothing you could do about it."

She took Ymir's hand and left. Armin checked his phone. 6:17. He guessed Eren and Mikasa would make him stay until 8:00. At least the music wasn't as bad as usual.

"Hey, Armin. Thomas is here," Mikasa said as she pointed. Armin followed the direction she was pointing and saw Thomas standing in the door. Armin began walking towards him but Mina beat him there. Armin stood patiently while Mina talked and Eren and Mikasa joined him. Armin noticed his skin was incredibly pale, he probably came to the dance while still sick. He would be scolded for that.

"Thomas, what are you doing?" Mina asked. Armin looked up to see Thomas holding Mina's arms to her sides. She began squirming and Thomas lowered his head to her height and bit her. Armin watched in horror as Thomas tore away the flesh, he would never forget Mina's scream, it was a sight no one there would ever be able to forget as they watched Thomas rip her apart.

6:18, Begin outbreak